The impact of an alien plant on a native plant-pollinator network: An experimental approach

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 539-550

  Lopezaraiza Mikel, Martha E ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Whalley, Martin R ^a   Memmott, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecological networks; Facilitation; Food webs; Generalization; Impatiens glandulifera; Invasive species; Pollen transport webs; Pollination; Visitation webs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FIELD METHOD; FOOD WEB; INSECT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; IMPATIENS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; IMPATIENS; INSECTS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION;

COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS GLANDULIFERA;

EID: 34249777849     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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